Car end frame.



W. R. GAVNER.

CAR END FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED APR.7, 1913 1,073,663; Patented Sept. 23, 1913.

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llNlTED tiltjdl i WALTER R. CAVNER. OF VENICE. ILLINOIS.

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ASSIGNOR T0 COMMONNEALTH STEEL COMYANY, OF ST. LOUIS, lllilSSi'iURl", A CGEPOHATIO N ()1? NEW' JERSEY.

CAR END FIR-AME.

Patented Sept. 23, NH 3.

Application filed April 1913. Serial No. 759,500.

Be it known that l, Wiun'en ll. thymine a citizen of the United States residing at Ven ce, Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inv Car lind Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the some, referenee being had to the accompt-inying draw ings, forming part of this specification, in Which Figure l is an elevational view of my improved car end frame applied to the end of y a gondola car. Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the end portion of a gondola ca r. and showing my il'nprovetl end irame applied thereto. Fig. is a horizontal section taken on the line El -T of Fig. l.

My invention relates to a new and useful strengthening and reinforcing end frame particularly adapted for gondola ears, although it will be readily understood that the frame may be made in various sizes so as to be combined with all forms of freight;

cars.

The principal object or; my invention .is to constrpot a strengthening and reinforci ng end'frame in onepi'eeta preferably by casting, and which end frame is aifla'pted to be applied directly to the end portion o'l a car body for the purpose of rein'lorcing the end Wall thereof against all stresses and strains resulting from shocks or blows clelivered from the exterior, and likewise all shocks and blows resulting from shifting loads Within the car.

It is the ordinary practice to construct freight cars of the box and gondola type of? wood or of sheet metal, and it is the purpose of my invention to construct a skeleton frame of metal and to apply the samedireetly to the end Wall of the car for the purpose of reinforcing and strengthening the same and resisting such shocks and strains as the end portion of the car body ordinarily receives 'in service.

To the above purposes my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

As shown in the drawings; my improvet'l reinforcing end frame comprises a base rail or member 10, a pair of verticallv disposed end rails or uprights 11, a to rail or mom her '12, and a pair of diagonally disposed intcrsrctiug lilll or members 13 which are 't'ormed integral with the corners of the Frame formed by the members 10. it and 12, and which intersect at a central point in said frame. The base member if) is pro \ltlttl with an integral, horizontally dislltisttl flange it) which, when the frame is applied to the end of a car rests directly upon and is pret'crnbly fixed to the cud sill .i of the rar. The vertically disposed members 1] are provided with rcarwardly projecting tlann es 11, which bear directly against and arc fixed to the ends of the side walls ll of. the car body. The top member l2 ol. the frame is provided with an integral. inwardly projecting flange 19". which overlies the top of the end wall (l of the car body. The diagonally disposed intersecting members .13 are provided on their oulcr faces with outwardly projecting rein forcing ribs or flanges 13, which are pref erably highest at the point where they in terscct. :Hul gradually decreasing in height toward the corners of the skeleto t'rame.

\Vhcn my improved end frame is applied 'lor use the base flange It)" rcsls directly upon the end sill A oi? the car, the upright m mbers it cnganc the corners of the car body, the top rai, 1E2 engages the upper edge ot the car cud wall and the members l3 lie directly against the outer face of? the car end wall. liy such construction the entire end of the ear is reinforced and strength ened against: shocks and crushing stresses delivered irom the exterior, and alsoshocks and blows delivered ilI'OIll the interior of the car as a result of shifting loads.

The upright members 11 provided with flanges ll protect. the corners of the car body. and likewise the top rail 12 provided with the integral flange 12 protects the upper edge of the end wall oi the car.

lrly improved end frame is preferably termed in a single piece. of metal and when applied for use tot-ms a very strong and rip-id ri-intorcemcnt 'ior car ends.

it will be readily understood that minor changes in the size. term and construction oi the various parts of my improved end lra me can be made and substituted :lor those heroin shown and described without departing from the spirit of. my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

*"diagonell 1 CllS'iJSSQCl intersecting extend from the upthe lower corners 21 pair reinforcing rioe which. per corners of the ear thereof.

A car end reinforcing member eompris mg e rectangular frame adapted to engage the marginal edges of the oer end Wall, and 2, pair diagonally disposed integrel'mem hers extending between ihe corners of said frame. v

3. A reinforcing end frame for cars, een1- prising :1 lease rail, 2 mir of upright memhere a top rail pair ofdiagonzill" dieposed intersecting rails, all of which parts are formed i igegrel.

A reinlioreing memher for ear ends, cemprising a reeiangular frame, diagonally disposed intersecting rails integral with said. frame, and eizrengthening ribs inregral with said diagonally disposed mile.

5. 111 reinforcing end for ears com prising. a flanged base member, a pair of flanged uprighe members, a flanged top member and a pair of flanged diagonally disposed intersecting member extending heiween the corners of said frame.

H reinforcing end frame for cars, combase member an outwardly proed reinforcing member heving flange integral therewith, a pair of Up ght members, n top member, rearwardly projecting flanges. on said upright members, and. th= top member and a pair of diagnew article of manufacture, a reframe for the ends of cars como G: rectangular frame adapted to enthe marginal edges of the car end wall, e pair diagonally disposed mils extending between the corners of said frame,

1 of which parts are cast integral.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a car end reinforcin member comprising a rectangular frame provided with marginal flanges adapted to engage Peri-s of the car to which the frame is applied, and a pair of diagonally disposed members extending between the corners of the frame, all of which parts are formed integral.

In testimony whereof I hereunto eflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses, this 2nd day of April, 1913.

WA TEE R. CAVNERQ 7. As a mforem Witnesses HAL C. BELLVILLE, Farm H. BLANKENHORN. 

